Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Leaning On Each Other For Support

My tomato plants are at it again. They are teaching me lessons, showing what happens in the plant world. As I observe it, I recognize how it helps us in the human world.

For many of us who have gone through trying and difficult experiences of trauma or child abuse, it can be a daunting journey through healing. Learning how to reach out is a big part of healing, but when you've been so hurt by the ones that you should be able to look to for support and sustenance, that isn't easy.

Leaning on each other for support is vital, just as my tomato plants showed me quite vividly. I had put them outside and while the weather was a bit on the chilly side, they did have the warmth of the sun to help. They are still just 60 day old seedlings that will be planted in the Earthbox soon, so they are a little vulnerable to every day life.

This morning when I put them outside, they looked fine, but a couple of hours later, I went to check on them and noticed they were all scrunched up, hardly wanting to stand up straight like normal. Their leaves were curled under.

Many were leaning on each other...

Here's the big kicker though that I observed. As I brought them inside to give them water, I noticed that many of the plants were leaning on each other for support. Their leaves and branches were intertwined with one another as if to hold each other up. Some of them were on the outside and laying over because they had nothing to support them.

Many though had found the support of one another to help give them stability and strength to stay standing. Within moments of giving them water because they were thirsty, I observed them starting to stand straight up on their own. Their leaves uncurled and stretched out. It was like they had come back to their normal strong self once again.

They were able to rise again...

It was amazing to see that the tomato plants were leaving on each other for support. Yet, when they did that and I gave them some water, they were able to rise again. I think they demonstrated a very valuable lesson.

When we are going through tough times in life, we can try to do it on our own. Sometimes though, it really helps us when we're falling, to have someone else to hang on to in that moment. It is at that moment where the strength of another person can hold us just long enough for us to regain our strength.

Healing isn't easy, especially in the early days of coming to terms with what happened in life. It can be a longer process than we hope for, but by leaning on each other for support, it helps us find our own strength. Sometimes, we need to lean on each other. That's the way we help find healing in our own life and I believe that is one of the reasons we as humans have one another.

Let us not only look for the support of others, but be there for those that need that moment when things are difficult beyond measure. We're all in this world together and together we will make it through the most trying of times and difficult experiences.